"I'm not going to change my style, right! It's an explosion, more explosions! ”

Towards the end of the press conference, Duke gave an interview to some media outlets, and when asked about the subject matter of the new movie, his answer was simple and forceful, "Next summer, you will see an unprecedented explosion that will ensue the whole of North America and the world." ”

"Director Rosenberg!" A reporter asked in a loud voice, "Do you want to destroy the whole world?" ”

"If you can." Duke shrugged, "I'd love to do that in a movie!" Hopefully there will be such opportunities in the future. ”

"Can you reveal the specific subject matter?" Another reporter asked.

"It's going to be a science fiction movie." Duke also replied in a timely manner, "It's roughly the story of aliens invading the earth and human Jedi fighting back." ”

After speaking, he glanced at the host, and the other party tacitly announced the end of the press conference.

Back in the backstage and throwing the signed deal to Nancy Josephson, Duke left the press hall of the Four Seasons Hotel and turned to the side of the secure passage, leading directly to the third floor via the guò staircase, where Warner Bros. and Twentieth Century Fox had a media pie in the ballroom.

As for the agreement signed at the press conference, it was just a formality, and the specific agreement was signed a few days ago, for which Nancy and Warner Bros. and Twentieth Century Fox jointly formed the producer, for which there were several rounds of tug-of-war and painstaking negotiations.

At the beginning, Nancy shouted a top director contract for Duke with a base salary of $15 million plus 20% of the film's total income, and the producer refused without thinking about it, and then the two sides entered the bargaining stage, Warner and Fox also knew that with Duke's current results, they already had the capital to ask for a share, but they were offered $5 million plus 15% of the box office net revenue share.

In order to reach a conclusion in the negotiations, both sides will have to make certain compromises and concessions, and after more than a week of contact, each side has tested the bottom line, and with Duke's consent and the acquiescence of Warner and Fox management, they have reached an agreement on the treatment of directors with the most differences.

Because Duke focused on box office sharing, he had to make certain compromises in terms of basic compensation, and the joint basic remuneration of the director, screenwriter and executive producer Zuò was halved from Duke's expectations, only $5 million.

And if you want to get a share of the box office, it's not very easy, Hollywood's production and distribution companies are vampires, and if there is not enough profit as a guarantee, where will they loosen their mouths.

This is a tiered sharing agreement, in which Duke will be paid in the form of "advance payment + box office revenue share", and he can receive an upfront payment of $5 million in three installments, and then receive a share according to the box office revenue of the film.

If the North American box office of "Independence Day" only exceeds 100 million in the future, Duke can only get a base reward of $500,000; If the North American box office exceeds 150 million US dollars, it will enjoy a 5% share of the North American box office, and the share ratio will increase to 10% after 200 million, 250 million is 15 percent, and 300 million is 20 percent, which is also the highest share ratio.

In terms of overseas box office, $150 million is the base share point, which is also a bonus of $500,000, and then the share ratio of each additional $100 million in overseas box office will increase by 5%, and the maximum will not exceed 20%.

The bigger the film sells, the more the director will receive the corresponding income, and such a contract can be said to bind Duke and the film tightly.

This step-by-step revenue sharing method of well-known core creators will become a common practice in Hollywood blockbusters, because on the one hand, it can encourage the main creators to be more committed, and on the other hand, it can also avoid the huge risks caused by too high upfront investment.

If you want to get a high income, it's very simple, try your best to make the film more sophisticated and popular.

Entering the ballroom, Warner Bros. and Twentieth Century Fox were already waiting at the door, and took Duke directly to find Jeff Robinoff and Tim Fisher, and under their introduction, greeted some of the media practitioners on the scene one by one.

The banquet hall is very large, the size of three basketball courts, but it is extremely crowded, which also confirms the appeal of Warner and Fox, the two are no longer independent production and distribution companies, they have a larger media platform behind them, and the power they can use in publicity is not comparable to that of independent Hollywood companies.

Of course, this would be good for both Duke and Independence Day, otherwise he wouldn't have let Nancy thread the needle to facilitate a collaboration between the two companies.

Great movies need better publicity and media promotion platforms, which is the most obvious truth in Hollywood.

Being able to appear in the banquet hall is basically Times Warner and News Corp.'s media, plus Nancy Josephson is by his side to remind him, Duke is not too difficult to socialize, and occasionally the head of News Corp's tabloid deliberately asks some questions that are too private, and he is also pushed in circles to the Pacific Ocean outside Malibu Beach.

Publicity can be cooperated, but Duke will not do it if he takes the initiative to reveal his old bottom, not to mention that this is still the early publicity stage of the movie, and it is far from the time to really exert force.

"Duke, this is Robert Shea, the president of New Line Pictures!"

After dealing with the media, Duke went back to the circle of the film company, and Nancy Josephson reminded him in his ear of the name and identity of the person opposite.

"Hello, Mr. Shay."

"Hello, Duke."

Robert Shea seemed to be in a normal mood, just shook hands with Duke briefly, and asked tentatively, "It is said that you still have a script, maybe you can choose the new line as a partner." ”

"There will be opportunities to cooperate." Duke just casually remarked.

Although New Line has just been acquired by Warner, Robert Shea is the largest individual shareholder and enjoys the independent management rights of New Line, so although New Line belongs to Time Warner Group, its film operation is not directly related to other film companies within the group.

In other words, the new line is still the new line that does not pay for the dead people.

In the past, present, and future, the reputation of the new line is extremely bad, and other Hollywood companies still know how to be more restrained and try to hide some things in the deepest depths, but the new line under the control of Robert Shea conceals the box office, arrears of cast and crew salaries, overdue payment of investors' shares, etc., which is basically the norm, and may now be small projects, not well known to the media and the public.

But in the past "The Lord of the Rings", the new line concealed how much at the box office, and in the end there is no clear figure, it is said that after reaching an out-of-court settlement with the copyright trustee of Tolkien's works, it paid a high compensation of hundreds of millions, and poor director Peter Jackson, the new line through the guò trilogy made a lot of money, but relied on his total of more than 15 million dollars in director's remuneration not to pay, which once delayed for nearly two years, forcing New Zealanders to go to court.

Seeing Robert Shea and the New Line Pictures he represents, Duke's first memories are these, and New Line, whether it is credibility or strength, is not within the scope of his cooperation.

After a few more pleasantries with Robert Shea, Duke walked roughly around the banquet hall, and there were many people around him, most of whom were agents of acting agencies, who promoted the actors under his name to the director, especially those who accepted the invitation to audition for the crew, and praised his clients to the sky.

"Director Rosenberg."

A female agent blocked Duke directly in front of him, and beckoned the black man and woman next to him, "Will, Harley......"

The man has a pair of eye-catching and attractive ears, which is impressive, and the woman has seen it in previous auditions, and the future famous black actress Halle Berry.

The crew has already sent out an invitation to audition for Will Smith, and the agent is aiming for more than just his role.

"Will and Hallie know each other, which is very suitable for the ...... of the couple in the film"

The other party was verbose for a long time, and when she stopped talking, Duke raised his hand, "This ......"

He found that the other party had not introduced himself, and simply said, "I will consider your construction!" ”

After saying that, he saw that someone else was about to come up, so he simply went to the bathroom, and when he came out, he didn't go back to the center of the banquet hall, and went directly through the side door to the largest terrace in front of him, perhaps the relationship between the main entrance of the hotel and the road below the terrace on the third floor, people who seek peace will not choose this place, and those who seek to socialize will not choose this place, Duke finally obtained a rare purity.

Those agents are very difficult, and in order to promote the actors, they can talk for ten minutes.

Standing on the balustrade of the terrace, Duke looked back and could faintly see through the curtains the men who had been struggling for opportunities in the ballroom, who had been one of them more than two years ago, and who were now the ones who could decide the fate of others.

"Will you wait here for a while?"

Sofia Coppola, with a mother and daughter, walked through the disturbing crowd and pointed to the terrace, "I asked Nancy, Duke is here." ”

"Sophia......" The little girl's eyes flashed, and she lowered her head and asked, "Can I go and see him myself?" ”

"Oh?" Sophia tilted her head and looked at the little girl with interest, "Are you sure?" ”

"I guess Duke certainly doesn't want to be influenced by your opinion."

The little girl's hands were behind her back, slowly pulling the curtain separating the banquet hall and the terrace, as if she was a little excited, she looked at the middle-aged blonde woman, "Mom often tells me that opportunities are earned by themselves. ”

"Hmm...... All right. Seeing that the girl's mother did not object, Sophia simply nodded.

This goddaughter of Lady Leah obviously has maturity and cunning that does not match her age, anyway, the outside is not stupid, what will happen when the big fox and the little fox get together?

When she opened the curtain and walked to the terrace, the little girl couldn't help but pout, if it wasn't for her godmother's departure to Israel and her return next month, she wouldn't have begged her mother to take her for help from Sofia Coppola.

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